Tag: Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Barbil: Concerned over the alarming spread of dengue in Odisha, the state government today appointed a senior IAS officer as nodal officer to monitor measures to monitor the drive against the water borne disease. A decision to this effect was taken at a joint meeting of the Health and Family Welfare and Housing and Urban […]

Health and Family Welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak today arrived in Balasore town on a surprise visit to take stock of the outbreak of diarrhoea, which has assumed alarming proportion in the district

Puri: A devotee from Gujarat arrested by the Police yesterday for climbing the Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra was forwarded to the court today. According to reports, Dipesh Shah, a businessman from Ahmadabad had climbed the Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra in the wee hours July 8. After having the darshan of the Lord, he […]

With the number of jaundice patients in Cuttack city going up to 22 today with five more patients identified by the Health department, the state government has decided to take steps on war-footing to stop the further spread of the water borne disease

Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and Chief Secretary AP Padhi on Wednesday discussed with the district collectors and SPs via videoconferencing possible measures to meet the situation that could arise out of the strike of the 108 ambulance services staff from March 18

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is taking steps to improve the infrastructure for cancer care in the state by extending treatment facilities in the districts, Health and Family Welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said on Thursday. “A Linear Accelerator, a modern device used to treat cancer, was installed at the Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC) […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with chief secretary Gokul Chandra Pati will visit to Samabalpur today to take stock of health condition after the outbreak of jaundice which claimed 17 lives there

Malkangiri: The Health & Family Welfare Minister along with others on Saturday visited Patrol village of Malkangiri district where at least 11 children died of an unknown disease. Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak accompanied by School & Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, Health & Family Welfare Commissioner-cum-Secretary Arati Ahuja and top medical officials met family […]

Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of dengue in different parts of Odisha has triggered panic among people with the number of affected people reaching 654 in the state, and one person dying of the vector-borne disease. A total of 654 persons have tested positive so far while 128 persons are in hospitals, said an official on Monday. […]

Bhubaneswar: Internal feud in Odisha’s ruling BJD came to the fore today when the party’s Lok Sabha MP Baijayanta Panda faced opposition reportedly from supporters of former health minister and party MLA Atanu S Nayak at a public meeting in Kendrapara. Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik was present at the meeting in Mahakalpada, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat has been given additional charge of the Health and Welfare department after Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak tendered his resignation on moral grounds in the wake of the hospital fire tragedy. A release from the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Information and Public Relations portfolio, which was held by […]

The Odisha government has taken all possible measures to tackle swine flu in the state after two persons tested positive to H1N1 virus in Bhubaneswar, state's Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said here today

Till the time this piece was being written, there was no official word from the CBI that BJD MLAs Arun Sahu and Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak have indeed been served notices in connection with the chit fund scam. Though it was ‘breaking news’ on all local TV channels on Tuesday evening, the source for all of […]

By Sandeep Sahu Residents of Odisha’s capital city have long got used to effigies of some political leader or the other being burnt by a group of people on the streets on the city. But on Monday, eyebrows were raised when the effigy of Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, who resigned as Health minister of the state […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday accused the ruling-BJD of creating hurdles in realisation of the much-awaited Haridaspur-Paradip Railway Line project. “We will never tolerate the way Mahakalpada MLA Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak tried to obstruct the railway line project by sending a few people to stop the trial run on the route,” alleged […]